Lady Tigers Grab Region Win

The game will also mark the start of the main body of the Lady Tigers’ region schedule. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Hart County

Coming off a loss the week before to Jefferson, the Lady Tigers hoped to return to the win column as they traveled to Hart County to open the McDonald’s Shootout tournament against the host team.

The Lady Bulldogs gained the upper hand early and held onto the advantage, turning it into a 60-13 shellacking of the Lady Tigers.

Lakeview

Saturday, the Lady Tigers travelled to Gainesville to face Lakeview Academy.

The game was very back and forth from the start, with the score tied 10-10 at the end of the first period. Commerce took the lead in the second quarter, but Lakeview came back just before the half to take a one-point lead.

The Lady Lions moved out to an eight-point advantage in the third quarter, but Commerce closed the gap to three points, 28-25, by the end of the third. The Lady Tigers took the lead on a Vanessa Chandler three-pointer with about two minutes left to play. Drea Mathis made two free throws to ice Commerce’s first region win of the season.

Grier led in scoring with 13 points, followed by Chandler with eight and Hannah Davis with five.

Berea, SC

On Monday, the Lady Tigers returned to Hart County to continue tournament play against Berea, SC.

Commerce stayed in the game through the first half, but experienced a scoring drought to begin the third quarter that gave Berea a 15-point advantage. The Lady Tigers couldn’t recover, and came out on the short end of a 49-36 final.

Grier led the scoring with 14 points. Chandler added six and Davis five.

Stephens County

Commerce faced Stephens County in the consolation bracket Tuesday morning. Unfortunately, the Lady Tigers got little consolation, falling 41-23.

Grier scored eight points to lead the Tiger offense. Chandler and Davis scored six points each.

For more on this story, see Wednesday's edition of The Commerce News.